جَرى لِيَ طَيرٌ في حِمامٍ حَذِرتُهُ

عَلَيكَ اِبنَ عَمروٍ مِن سَنيحٍ وَبارِحِ

A bird flew past me in the dove cot I warned him

Against you, son of Amr, out of enmity and last night

فَلَم يُنجِ صَخراً ما حَذِرتُ وَغالَهُ

مَواقِعُ غادٍ لِلمَنونِ وَرائِحِ

Yet my warning a rock did not save, and it destroyed him

The places of departure for the one bidding farewell and the first to leave

رَهينَةُ رَمسٍ قَد تَجُرُّ ذُيولُها

عَلَيهِ سَوافي الرامِساتِ البَوارِحِ

A hostage of Rams, whose trains may drag

Over it the claws of wild ravens tearing violently

فَيا عَينِ بَكّي لِاِمرِئٍ طارَ ذِكرُهُ

لَهُ تَبكِ عَينُ الراكِضاتِ السَوابِحِ

So oh eye cry for a man whose fame has flown

For him weep the eye of the swimming seekers

وَكُلُّ طَويلِ المَتنِ أَسمَرَ ذابِلٍ

وَكُلُّ عَتيقٍ في جِيادِ الصَفائِحِ

And every long-backed horse is ashen colored, emaciated

And every old one among the steeds of As-Sifa'

وَكُلُّ دِلاصٍ كَالأَضاةِ مُذالَةً

وَكُلُّ جَوادٍ بَيِّنِ العِتقِ قارِحِ

And every Udhal like lightning, humiliated

And every eminent purebred, fast as a diver

وَكُلُّ ذَمولٍ كَالفَنيقِ شِمِلَّةٍ

وَكُلُّ سَريعٍ آخِرِ اللَيلِ آزِحِ

And every pregnant she-camel like the Phoenix, collected

And every swift at the end of the night, speedy

وَلِلجارِ يَوماً إِن دَعا لِمَضيفَةٍ

دَعا مُستَغيثاً أَوَّلاً بِالجَوايِحِ

And the neighbor for a day, if he calls for hospitality

He first calls the wild beasts for help

أَخو الحَزمِ في الهَيجاءِ وَالعَزمِ في الَّتي

لِوَقعَتِها يَسوَدُّ بيضُ المَسايِحِ

The brother of resoluteness in confusion and determination in

She whose impact turns the white hair of old men black

حَسيبٌ لَبيبٌ مُتلِفٌ ما أَفادَهُ

مُبيحُ تِلادِ المُستَغِشِّ المُكاشِحِ

A sufficient mentor, intelligent, who brings people together

Permitting the birth of the dim-sighted evil-intentioned backbiter